Microsoft Certification Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Certification
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 160 200 162
Rank change year-on-year +40 -38 +23
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 142 139 156
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.59% 1.07% 1.77%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.94% 3.32% 4.50%
Number of salaries quoted 89 70 105
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,500 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.25% -9.09%
75th Percentile £56,250 £58,750 £60,250
90th Percentile £65,850 £75,000 £72,200
England median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £52,036
% change year-on-year -11.11% -13.52% +9.55%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

Microsoft Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,605 4,186 3,468
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 40.26% 32.26% 39.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,610 2,136 1,982
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £29,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,732 £38,130
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,300 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.73% +4.76% +0.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £56,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.79% -6.67% +9.09%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Microsoft Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in the South East

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the South East over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certification in the South East

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the South East region over the 6 months to 19 September 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +6 49 £35,000 -7.89% 48
Kent +35 35 £30,000 -9.09% 17
Surrey +29 31 £45,000 +5.88% 11
Buckinghamshire +2 21 £35,000 -20.45% 16
Hampshire +37 17 £37,500 -29.31% 24
Berkshire -3 15 £50,000 +13.19% 27
Oxfordshire +21 13 £33,750 +22.73% 7
West Sussex +6 5 £50,000 +36.99% 10
East Sussex +7 4 £59,000 +24.21% 3
Middlesex - 1 - - 22
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 21 (14.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (11.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 34 (23.94%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (3.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.70%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 61 (42.96%) Azure
2 52 (36.62%) Microsoft 365
3 38 (26.76%) AWS
4 19 (13.38%) Power Platform
5 16 (11.27%) Dynamics 365
6 15 (10.56%) Entra ID
7 12 (8.45%) Power Automate
8 11 (7.75%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (7.75%) PowerApps
9 7 (4.93%) Azure Data Factory
9 7 (4.93%) GCP
9 7 (4.93%) OneDrive
10 4 (2.82%) Copilot Studio
10 4 (2.82%) IaaS
10 4 (2.82%) PaaS
11 3 (2.11%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (2.11%) Azure Storage
11 3 (2.11%) Mimecast
11 3 (2.11%) SaaS
12 2 (1.41%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 16 (11.27%) Firewall
2 14 (9.86%) DNS
3 13 (9.15%) DHCP
4 9 (6.34%) Remote Desktop
5 7 (4.93%) TCP/IP
5 7 (4.93%) VLAN
6 6 (4.23%) Internet
6 6 (4.23%) NAS
6 6 (4.23%) SAN
6 6 (4.23%) VoIP
6 6 (4.23%) VPN
7 5 (3.52%) Intranet
7 5 (3.52%) IP Telephony
7 5 (3.52%) SNMP
8 3 (2.11%) LAN
8 3 (2.11%) Network Security
8 3 (2.11%) STUN
8 3 (2.11%) VoLTE
8 3 (2.11%) WAN
8 3 (2.11%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (11.27%) SQL Server
2 11 (7.75%) Power BI
3 7 (4.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 7 (4.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (3.52%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (2.82%) Relational Database
6 3 (2.11%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.70%) Metabase
7 1 (0.70%) Metadata
7 1 (0.70%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 21 (14.79%) JIRA
2 2 (1.41%) Git
General
1 99 (69.72%) Social Skills
2 26 (18.31%) French Language
2 26 (18.31%) Swedish Language
3 14 (9.86%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (9.15%) Finance
5 9 (6.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (3.52%) Legal
6 5 (3.52%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (2.82%) Law
8 3 (2.11%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.41%) General Ledger
9 2 (1.41%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.41%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.70%) Advertising
10 1 (0.70%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 42 (29.58%) Analyst
2 28 (19.72%) IT Support
3 23 (16.20%) Support Engineer
4 22 (15.49%) Senior
5 20 (14.08%) Support Analyst
6 17 (11.97%) Service Analyst
6 17 (11.97%) Service Desk Analyst
7 14 (9.86%) Administrator
7 14 (9.86%) IT Engineer
8 13 (9.15%) IT Support Engineer
9 12 (8.45%) Applications Support
9 12 (8.45%) Applications Support Analyst
10 11 (7.75%) Lead
10 11 (7.75%) Senior Analyst
11 10 (7.04%) Developer
11 10 (7.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 10 (7.04%) IT Administrator
12 9 (6.34%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
12 9 (6.34%) Service Desk Team Leader
12 9 (6.34%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.63%) CSS
1 8 (5.63%) HTML
2 4 (2.82%) .NET
2 4 (2.82%) Web Services
2 4 (2.82%) XML
3 3 (2.11%) FreeSWITCH
3 3 (2.11%) HTML5 Canvas
3 3 (2.11%) Node.js
3 3 (2.11%) React
4 1 (0.70%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.70%) Azure Blueprints
4 1 (0.70%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (9.86%) Driving Licence
2 8 (5.63%) Management Information System
2 8 (5.63%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (4.23%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.52%) Blackberry
4 5 (3.52%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (3.52%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.82%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (2.11%) Cyber Defence
6 3 (2.11%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (2.11%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.41%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.70%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.70%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (0.70%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.70%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.70%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.70%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.70%) Social Media
8 1 (0.70%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 59 (41.55%) Windows
2 27 (19.01%) Linux
3 14 (9.86%) Windows Server
4 12 (8.45%) Windows 10
5 10 (7.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (4.23%) Mac OS
7 3 (2.11%) Android
7 3 (2.11%) VMS
7 3 (2.11%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (1.41%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (30.99%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (24.65%) ITIL
3 30 (21.13%) ITSM
4 28 (19.72%) Mentoring
5 26 (18.31%) Continuous Improvement
5 26 (18.31%) Customer Service
6 21 (14.79%) Cybersecurity
7 18 (12.68%) Computer Science
8 15 (10.56%) Disaster Recovery
9 14 (9.86%) Service Management
10 12 (8.45%) DevOps
11 11 (7.75%) Business Intelligence
11 11 (7.75%) Decision-Making
11 11 (7.75%) Inventory Management
11 11 (7.75%) Migration
12 10 (7.04%) Coaching
12 10 (7.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 9 (6.34%) Business Continuity
13 9 (6.34%) Conflict Resolution
13 9 (6.34%) Knowledge Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (13.38%) SQL
2 16 (11.27%) PowerShell
3 12 (8.45%) Python
4 8 (5.63%) JavaScript
5 7 (4.93%) Bash
5 7 (4.93%) C#
5 7 (4.93%) X++
6 4 (2.82%) T-SQL
7 3 (2.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 3 (2.11%) Perl
8 1 (0.70%) C++
Qualifications
1 61 (42.96%) Degree
2 55 (38.73%) MCSE
3 24 (16.90%) AWS Certification
4 20 (14.08%) A+ Certification
4 20 (14.08%) Azure Certification
5 18 (12.68%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (11.97%) MCP
7 14 (9.86%) Cisco Certification
8 13 (9.15%) MCSA
8 13 (9.15%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 10 (7.04%) CCNA
10 8 (5.63%) SC Cleared
10 8 (5.63%) Security Cleared
11 5 (3.52%) HND
11 5 (3.52%) Master's Degree
12 4 (2.82%) CCNP
12 4 (2.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 4 (2.82%) RHCE
13 3 (2.11%) ISSEP
13 3 (2.11%) LPIC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.63%) QA
2 7 (4.93%) GDPR
3 2 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.41%) SLA
4 1 (0.70%) Accessibility
System Software
1 33 (23.24%) Active Directory
2 19 (13.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (6.34%) vSphere
4 7 (4.93%) Hyper-V
5 5 (3.52%) Firmware
6 4 (2.82%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (2.11%) GPFS
7 3 (2.11%) Lustre
7 3 (2.11%) NFS
8 2 (1.41%) Docker
9 1 (0.70%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (4.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.11%) CASB
2 3 (2.11%) PaperCut
3 2 (1.41%) Ansible
3 2 (1.41%) QRadar
3 2 (1.41%) Red Hat Satellite
4 1 (0.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.70%) Podman
4 1 (0.70%) SCCM
4 1 (0.70%) Terraform
4 1 (0.70%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.70%) WSUS
Vendors
1 137 (96.48%) Microsoft
2 31 (21.83%) VMware
3 18 (12.68%) Cisco
4 17 (11.97%) ServiceNow
5 6 (4.23%) Veeam
6 5 (3.52%) Aruba
6 5 (3.52%) HP
6 5 (3.52%) McAfee
6 5 (3.52%) Sage
7 4 (2.82%) Apple
7 4 (2.82%) Citrix
7 4 (2.82%) Google
8 3 (2.11%) Forcepoint
8 3 (2.11%) Qualys
8 3 (2.11%) SonicWALL
9 2 (1.41%) LogRhythm
9 2 (1.41%) Oracle
9 2 (1.41%) Red Hat
9 2 (1.41%) SolarWinds
10 1 (0.70%) Nimble Storage